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The future is finally here, and it's downright scary. Japan has come out with a humanoid robot that will either thrill you or have you assuming the fetal position while repeating "mommy" over and over again. (VIDEO)

Now, you never have to compromise your privacy or security again by giving out your real phone number to someone you're thinking of dating. Better yet, if it doesn't go well, you don't have to respond to their texts, either, thanks to an app and a bot that make dating in the 21st century safer and easier. (VIDEO)

Augmented reality has crept into our world. Find out what Microsoft Windows released at the Taipei Computex Consumer Electronics Show this week that will have you air tapping your way through countless virtual scenarios before you know it.

Do you know what your kids are up to when they're online or using their smart devices? Do you really know? An app for proactive parenting allows users to monitor their kids for risky or dangerous behavior without having to keep them under lock and key. It even shows you deleted texts and images they're posting. Find out what it's called and what social media platforms it covers.

Need help getting dressed for that big date or job interview and not sure what to wear? No problem! A new app called Posh Peep gives you feedback from social media users turned fashion critics on the spot. Save yourself from embarrassing fashion faux pas and find out more about how it works and which social media platform is connected to it.

A
'write-in candidate is a contender in an election whose name does not
appear on the ballot, but for whom U.S. voters have the right to vote
for nonetheless. To do so, all they need to do is write in his or
her name on a ballot. While these type of candidates rarely win, they
often attract sizable followings from groups or organizations they are
affiliated with.

Office pools for lottery drawings have been around for almost 100 years. According to a Wikipedia entry: 'the betting pools'
concept was first introduced by Littlewoods, a retail and betting
commpany in England (1923) and was developed initially for football
matches.

Why
would anyone be concerned enough to want to predict what happens to a
small social network with only 4.7 million followers? Shouldn’t we focus
on that which is the largest in the land? Shouldn’t we focus on the largest in the land? With over
1.6 billion users, surely folks would want to know the future of
Facebook, no?

If you’re one of the millions of people who absolutely abhor entering a
brick and mortar store to buy things, you’ve now got more options to
choose from when it comes to shopping and receiving your purchases on time.

'Tsuvians,' as they euphemistically like to call themselves — are a hearty lot. When they feel they have been wronged, this
small band of social networkers appear much more sizable than they
actually are. Seemingly outranked in comparison to Facebook’s 1.6
billion, Tsu founder Sebastian Sobczak’s 4 million users by social media
standards is a meager number.

Facebook enacted a ban on Tsu
links back in October. It was an historic position to take, as it
pitted a social media Goliath against a young ‘David’ upstart. The words
‘bullying,’ ‘censorship’ and a myriad number of other descriptors have
been levied by by bloggers and thought leaders
as a result.

The Facebook/Tsu controversy will go down in the annals of social media history as an epic case of a dominant
social network bullying another. For those who are not aware what has transpired over the course of the last few weeks, all you have to do is
Google search “Facebook Bans Tsu” or “Facebook Censors Tsu” to rifle
through a plethora of articles and fan complaints cyberventilating their
way across the blogosphere.

It’s an exciting time for the digerati to be traversing the social media landscape. For many who have
tested the waters and drunk the cool-aid of the earlier pioneering
networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, we are now witnessing
others, which are eager to shake up old paradigms with some intriguing
new business models. This month, we take a look at Klink, the newest to
arrive on the social scene, after taking some cues . . .

While the blogosphere and Wall Street have been cyberventilating the last couple of weeks over Jack Dorsey taking back the reins of Twitter, little has been said about the CEO’s other company, Square. With Twitter’s current share price dipping below its opening IPO trade two years ago of $45.10, the last thing any one suspected was for Dorsey to go public with yet another company . . .